Synonyms of sequestered

sequestered 1 of 2

adjective

as in isolated

Related Words

• isolated
• secluded
• retired
• apart
• outlying
• nowhere
• out-of-the-way
• secret
• obscure
• lonesome
• odd
• distant
• devious
• remote
• away
• removed
• far-off
• far-flung
• deep

Dissimilar Words

• adjacent
• contiguous
• adjoining
• close
• near
• nearby
• nigh

sequestered

2 of 2

verb

past tense of sequester

1

as in separated

to set or keep apart from others

sequestered the woman until she was no longer contagious

Synonyms & Similar Words

• isolated
• separated
• segregated
• removed
• insulated
• restrained
• confined
• secluded
• quarantined
• cut off
• kept
• incarcerated
• restricted
• detached
• interned
• held
• jailed
• abstracted
• locked (up)
• immured
• disengaged
• detained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrated
• connected
• associated
• linked
• joined
• reintegrated
• united
• assimilated
• desegregated
• liberated
• released
• discharged
• freed
• loosed

2

as in confiscated

to take ownership or control of (something) by right of one's authority

police found and sequestered several illegal weapons

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confiscated
• attached
• expropriated
• usurped
• seized
• appropriated
• preempted
• commandeered
• garnisheed
• arrogated
• took over

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rendered
• released
• delivered
• forfeited
• yielded
• surrendered
• turned over
• gave up
• ceded
• relinquished
• handed over

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sequestered

Adjective

Big Brother 4 The first season with a sequestered jury (sorry, Danielle Reyes), Big Brother 4 was also the first installment in which players with a history outside of the house played together. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026

The trial was a madly raucous media event, requiring many weeks and a sequestered jury. — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 1 Feb. 2026

In the second clinical trial, not yet published, 36 sequestered volunteers ate an additional 1,000 calories a day when on the ultraprocessed food diet, according to a midpoint analysis of the data by Hall. — Sandee Lamotte, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025

That sentiment is front and center in The Fence, a sequestered and highly theatrical drama set on an African construction site that feels much more like a colonial outpost. — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025

Verb

All officers involved have been sequestered and are cooperating, according to Ransom. — Sally Krutzig, Idaho Statesman, 23 July 2026

The Reddit thread full of allegations, previously sequestered to fantasy football chatrooms, spread on social media and broke into the mainstream. — Alex Andrejev, New York Times, 17 July 2026

The two arresting officers testified they were never sequestered after Ramirez went unresponsive, a failure Brentwood’s police chief attributed to the weeklong delay between the arrest and Ramirez’s death. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 15 July 2026

Gordon, the only sitting judge who spent multiple days on the bus, poured over documents and sequestered himself with a laptop and a cell phone video call in a back corner. — Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 11 July 2026

This time, the Islanders were sequestered in Las Vegas on The Cromwell's rooftop. — Francesca Gariano, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026

The first installment revolved around solar contractor Ronald Gladden, who participated in a court case along with a preposterous group of actor-jurors sequestered together for the proceedings. — Justin Ray, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026

The cast’s glam team is sequestered from the actual set, however. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026

According to the division, the city has 27,981 trees that over the next 20 years will provide more than $3 million in benefits, including more than 12 million pounds of carbon sequestered or 44 million pounds of CO2 and avoiding 87 million gallons of storm runoff. — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026